The Funnening - Druid Augmented


Was your life as a druid a breeze because you always chose Returning Storm?  Were fights like watching a vine grow because you'd cast the same old spells without even knowing what half of the rest do?  What if...just what if...you wanted to choose other spells instead, and instead of casting a storm, the true storm was your own mind?  That's deep, man, and if it keeps you busy and away from your mother, then that's what we're going to do.

This mod clarifies a lot of spell text, adds some afflictions versus reflex to improve combat combinations, improves underwhelming spells, and decreases about 5 spells.  Three abilities were moved to a new level: Nature's Balm, Autumn's Decay and Venombloom.


Changes to Existing Abilities
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1 - Vile Thorns
- AoE-->Foe AoE
- +10 Accuracy to Succeed
- 2.5m-->5m cone
- 90 degree cone --> 60 degree cone
- 18s-->20s
- Keyword added to attack & effect: poison

1 - Touch of Rot
- 1.5m-->single target
- Range 4-->1.5
- Cast speed 3s-->0.5s
- Damage 14-20 removed, 9 per 3s for 20s kept
- -3 Fortitude per 3s, maximum 10 stacks, stacks add 3s duration per tick to preserve amount of stacks
- vs Fortitude --> vs Reflex

1 - Nature's Mark
-10 Deflection, -10 Reflex vs Will---> vs Fortitude

1 - Winter Wind
- Dmg 17-25 ---> 9-13
- +Staggered 8s vs Reflex
- 3s-->0.5s cast speed
- Damage vs Fortitude --> vs Reflex
- 2m-->5m push

1 - Nature's Vigor
- Fit-->Fit+Quick
- Radius from caster instead of selectable area
- Plant keyword added
- 20s-->30s

1 - Charm Beast
- 15s-->25s
- Effect summary now says only beasts

1 - Tanglefoot
- AoE-->Foe AoE
- 20s-->15s
- made Tanglefoot mysterious keyword non-visible

1 - Talon's Reach
- Cast speed 4.5s-->3s

1 - Sunbeam
- Blind 8s-->Distract 15s

2 - Blizzard
- vs Reflex --> vs Fortitude
- -20% Attack Speed 12s-->20s
- Cast speed 4.5s-->3s

2 - Autumn's Decay
- moved to level 3
- +Sickened vs Reflex, applied after 3s
- Override Penetration 9 given to Corrode DoT to match the ability

2 - Insect Swarm
- Raw-->Pierce damage
- Penetration = 7

2 - Wood Skin
- 15s-->30s

2 - Hold Beasts
- Effect summary now says only beasts

2 - Firebrand
- Description added scaling info
- Per 4 Character Levels:
Accuracy +4
Damage +15%
Penetration +1

3 - Infestation of Maggots
- 5m-->1.5m
- Clarified description
- Now deals 10 Raw x HP% missing per 3s, increasing an absolute +1 Raw Damage per 3s, up to +15

3 - Spreading Plague
- Hobbled, Weakened --> Disoriented, Weakened 15s-->20s
- Description clarifies bouncing action
- Keyword added to ability: Disease, to attack: Disease, status effects: Decay and Disease

3 - Nature's Balm
- moved to level 6
- 12s-->30s
- Plant keyword added

3 - Beetle Shell
- Damage shield 200-->110 +15/power level
- No longer stuns target

3 - Purge of Toxins
- Cast speed 3s-->0.5s

3 - Returning Storm
- Effect Description notes it attacks one enemy per Pulse

4 - Wicked Briars
- Hobbled-->Immobilized

4 - Moonwell
- All Defenses +10-->+7

4 - Boiling Spray
- Push 2m-->5m

4 - Calling the World's Maw
- Damage 32-54-->41-67 pierce
- Effect listing now says Prone

5 - Firebug
- Single target-->AoE 1.5m damage
- 24-31-->11-19 damage
- 7-->5 bounces
- 2s delay per bounce
- -25%-->-10% damage decrease per bounce
- Added Beasts keyword
- Changed description to mention bugs
 - Toned down the hit visual effect

5 - Cleansing Wind
- 3m-->5m push
- Healing 48-->24
- 21-38 pierce and slash added vs Fortitude
- "Attacks in a very wide beam"
- Added penetration info

5 - Wall of Thorns
- Description mentions that it's enemies only
- Effect Description notes the attack rate is 1/s
- Attack Description corrected to 9 Penetration
- Ground keyword added

5 - Nature's Terror
- description had an extra "to"

5 - Relentless Storm
- Effect description notes ALL enemies are hit

6 - Sunlance
- Damage 60-76-->86-108 pierce/burn
- Cast time 4.5s-->3s
- Range 20-->10

6 - Garden of Life
- Un-petrified/paralyzed enemies in the area for 6s become Petrified for 6s vs Fortitude
- Duration 30s-->20s
- Effect description fixed
- how long it is (20s)
- not "per 6s" (removed unnecessary setting causing this confusion)
- only from enemy corpses
- Ground, Decay, Rejuvenation keyword added

6 - Venombloom
- moved to level 7
- AoE-->Foe AoE
- Corrode DoT instead of Raw
- Frightened only affects Constitution afflicted foes
- Acid, Ground keyword added
- Poison Keyword added to other attacks and ability section
- Changed description to say acidic, and it Frightens all so I added that to clarify
- New icon

6 - Rot Skulls
- Penetration 6-->8
- Corrode DoT stacks up to 10x
- Corrode override penetration 0-->8
- Duration 30-->45s
- Description fixed (Corrode AoE is vs Reflex)

7 - Nature's Bounty
- potions effects stack with all other bonuses
- Duration 30s-->60s, Might +2-->+4, Per +2-->4
- +15% resistance to hostile attacks
- 20-->40 health restored
- removed "Summon Nature's Bounty into Quick Items" from Current Effects listing

7 - Rusted Armor
- Cast speed 4.5s-->0.5
- Armor -4--> -1/s for 4s, max 6 stacks, stacks last 15-->30s
- vs Fortitude-->vs Deflection

7 - Lashing Vine
- Description fixed (creature stats, leveling bonuses, damage types, doesn't move)

8 - Entropy
- Infinite--->15s, removed hit limit
- Always hits
- Interrupt removed

8 - Firestag
- Damage 8-13 --> 13-16
- Penetration 6-->8
- Fire Shield on hit-->on damaged
- Damage 15-20 --> 20-30
- Penetration 7-->9
- Fire death explosion also triggers on death, not just on command
- AoE damages hostile only
- Penetration 9-->11
- Stag AoE melee damage level scaling added
- Level scaling adds with ability scaling and power level scaling
- Description added (creature stats, leveling bonuses, damage types, with ability links)
- Note: Base creature statistics aren't very changeable

9 - Pollen Patch description
- Allies receive +1 random attribute per second
- clarified to say the rate of healing and duration of the spell and effects
- Note: I can't hide the frequent healing from the combat log, apologies

9 - Touch of Death
- now can target above 25% health foes, but only kills <25% health foes
- Anyone who survives is Shakened, -7 Constitution and -1 Armor until the end of combat
- The Shakened is a separate attack to avoid blocking all other effects when immune

9 - Aspect of Galawain
- Basic creature statistics added to description
- Bear & Lion damage 9-13 --> 13-19
- Wolf damage 10-15 --> 16-22
- Note: base statistics come from animal companion code and aren't very changeable
- New icon

9 - Tornado
- Damage 48-72-->68-108
- Penetration 7-->10
- Accuracy +50
- Attack Range 10-->20
- Launch 1.5s-->3s


Subclass Changes
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Lifegiver
- 3 - Nature's Balm --> Purge of Toxins


This mod is dedicated to this song:
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Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Overture

Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Orchestra version


Mod Requirements
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This mod requires the expansions.
This mod links to my Keywords Everywhere mod due to custom keywords on these abilities:
- Beetle Shell
- Spreading Plague
- Touch of Death
> The game plays fine if you don't have the mod

This mod's changes to ability level placement will overwrite any other Druid ability placement, as that is one big file for existing Druid spells. Spells added or removed won't matter, unless there are space limitations.


Installation
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Unzip/unpack the top folder and move it into your game's Data\Override folder. If you don't have one, create it.
You can install this mod at any time.

If this mod is below other mods on the mod list, these changes will prevail.

Modifying this mod:
To change values of the abilities, open it with Notepad++ and format it for JSON, then change the Values, or delete the ability files you don't want changes to.

To remove this mod, just delete it.


Changelog
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